Hi John,
I thank you for all your help. I unplugged the computer already so that I
can take it to the computer shop.
I don't have a floppy disc drive, but I'm sure they can make a startup disc
for me.
I'll keep these messages in case I need to refer to them at a later date.
Debbie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Pierson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Windows XP won't boot up
Hi Debbie,
Maybe this will save you some money.
Let the darned thing try to boot and hit enter every once in a while and
give it an hour or so to see if it comes back.
Also there is a boot menu which you can access by hitting F8 repeatedly
after you turn on the machine.
If you have a floppy drive you want to hit it right around the time the
machine tests your floppy disk.
Hitting F8 repeatedly will do no harm.
If you are lucky enough to get this menu to come up, press the number 1 on
the numrow and then press enter.]
This will force the machine to boot normally in case it has gone into Safe
Mode for some unknown reason.
If that fails, the boot disk idea I outlined in an earlier message may
work
given that you at least have another machine handy from which you can make
that startup disk.
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Debbie G
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:52 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Windows XP won't boot up
Hi John,
Yeah, I'm going to have to take it to this computer place to let them look
at it, because I don't have anyone here to look at it for me.
I'm hoping I don't have to reformat the hard drive.
Thanks.
Debbie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Pierson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Windows XP won't boot up
Hi Debbie,
Can you get someone to look at the machine and see what it wants? My hope
is
that it's just doing a giant chkdsk because of the improper shutdown and
that it will eventually come back by itself, even if it takes an hour or
so.
Of course that depends on the drive and the speed of the machine.
The other thing you could try is to make an Xp boot diskette on another
machine and boot from that just in case one of the boot files is damaged.
This isn't likely but worth a try.
The best thing at this point is to get someone to tell you what's on
screen.
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Debbie G
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:39 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Windows XP won't boot up
Hi all,
I attempted to do a system restore on my desktop computer and for
whatever
reason, my computer wouldn't restart. As a result, I had to do an
improper
shutdown. When I tried to boot it up, windows didn't boot up.
I'm using windows XP Media Center and Jaws 10.0
Does this mean I will have to get my hard drive reformatted?
Thanks for any help.
Debbie, owner of Anxiety Depression support group.
My skype username is: buttercup1374
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